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BARNEY  McGEE 
BY  RICHARD  HOVEY 

WITH  A 

FRONTISPIECE  BY 
RAY  F.  COYLE 


SAN  FRANCISCO 

JOHN  HENRY  NASH 

1917 


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REPRINTED  BY  PERMISSION  OF  SMALL,  MAYNARD  &.  COMPANY 
TWO  HUNDRED  &  FIFTY  COPIES  OF  THIS  BOOK  HAVE  BEEN  MADE 
BY  JOHN  HENRY  NASH  FOR  HIS  FRIENDS.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  1917 


BARNEY  MCGEE 


BARNEY    MCGEE,  THERE'S    NO    END    OF    GOOD    LUCK    IN    YOU, 

WILL-O'-THE-WISP,  WITH    A    FLICKER    OF    PUCK    IN    YOU, 

WILD    AS    A    BULL-PUP    AND    ALL    OF    HIS    PLUCK    IN    YOU,— 

LET    A    MAN    TREAD    ON    YOUR    COAT    AND    HE'LL    SEE!  — 

EYES    LIKE    THE    LAKES    OF    KILLARNEY    FOR    CLARITY, 

NOSE    THAT    TURNS    UP    WITHOUT    ANY    VULGARITY, 

SMILE  LIKE  A  CHERUB,  AND  HAIR  THAT  IS  CARROTY,— 
WOW,  YOU'RE  A  RARITY,  BARNEY  MCGEE! 

MELLOW  AS  TARRAGON, 

PROUDER  THAN  ARAGON— 

HARDLY  A  PARAGON, 

YOU  WILL  AGREE— 

HERE'S  ALL  THAT'S  FINE  TO  YOU! 

BOOKS  AND  OLD  WINE  TO  YOU! 

GIRLS  BE  DIVINE  TO  YOU, 

BARNEY  MCGEE! 


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BARNEY   McGEE 

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LUCKY    THE    DAY    WHEN    I    MET    YOU    UNWITTINGLY, 

DINING    WHERE    VAGABONDS    CAME    AND    WENT    FLITTINGLY. 

HERE'S    SOME    BARBERA    TO    DRINK    IT    BEFITTINGLY, 

THAT    DAY    AT    SILVIO'S,  BARNEY    McGEE! 

MANY'S    THE    TIME    WE    HAVE    QUAFFED    OUR    CHIANTI    THERE, 

LISTENED    TO    SILVIO    QUOTING    US    DANTE    THERE,— 

ONCE    MORE    TO    DRINK    NEBIOLO    SPUMANTE    THERE, 

HOW    WE'D    PITCH    POMMERY    INTO    THE    SEA! 

THERE    WHERE    THE    GANG    OF    US 

MET    ERE    ROME    RANG    OF    US, 

THEY    HAD   THE    HANG    OF    US 

TO    A    DEGREE. 
HOW   THEY    WOULD    TRUST   TO    YOU! 

THAT   WAS    BUT   JUST   TO    YOU. 

HERE'S    O'ER    THEIR    DUST   TO    YOU, 

BARNEY    MCGEE! 


BARNEY  McGEE 


BARNEY  MCGEE,  WHEN  YOU'RE  SOBER  YOU  SCINTILLATE, 

BUT    WHEN    YOU'RE    IN    DRINK    YOU'RE    THE    PRIDE    OF    THE    INTELLECT; 

DIVIL    A    ONE    OF    US    EVER    CAME    IN    TILL    LATE, 

ONCE    AT    THE    BAR    WHERE    YOU    HAPPENED    TO    BE  — 

EVERY    EYE    THERE    LIKE    A    SPOKE    IN    YOU    CENTERING, 

YOU    WITH    YOUR    ELOQ  UENCE,  B  L  ARNE  Y,  AND    BANTERING  — 

ALL  VAGABONDIA  SHOUTS  AT  YOUR  ENTERING, 

KING  OF  THE  WANDER-KIN,  BARNEY  MCGEE! 

THERE'S  NO  SATIETY 

IN  YOUR  SOCIETY 

WITH  THE  VARIETY 

OF  YOUR  ESPRIT. 

HERE'S  A  LONG  PURSE  TO  YOU, 

AND  A  GREAT  THIRST  TO  YOU! 

FATE  BE  NO  WORSE  TO  YOU, 

BARNEY  MCGEE  ! 


BARNEY   McGEE 

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OCH,  AND    THE    GIRLS    WHOSE    POOR    HEARTS    YOU    DERACINATE, 
WHIRL    AND    BEWILDER    AND    FLUTTER    AND    FASCINATE! 
FAITH,  IT'S    SO    KILLING    YOU    ARE,  YOU    ASSASSINATE,— 

MURDER'S    THE    WORD    FOR    YOU,  BARNEY    MCGEE! 
BOLD   WHEN   THEY'RE    SUNNY   AND    SMOOTH   WHEN   THEY'RE    SHOWERY, - 

OH,  BUT    THE    STYLE    OF    YOU,   FLUENT    AND    FLOWERY! 

CHESTERFIELD'S    WAY,  WITH    A    TOUCH    OF    THE    BOWERY! 

HOW    WOULD    THEY    SILENCE    YOU,  BARNEY    MACHREE? 

NAUGHT    CAN    YOUR  GAB    ALLAY, 

LEARNED    AS    RABELAIS 
(YOU    IN    HIS    ABBEY    LAY 

ONCE    ON   THE    SPREE). 

HERE'S    TO    THE    SMILE    OF   YOU, 

(OH,  BUT   THE    GUILE    OF   YOU!) 

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AND    A    LONG    WHILE    OF    YOU, 
BARNEY    MCGEE! 


BARNEY   McGEE 


FACILE    WITH    PHRASES    OF   LENGTH    AND    LATINITY, 

LIKE    HONORIFICABILITUDINITY, 

WHERE    IS    THE    MAID    COULD    RESIST    YOUR    VICINITY, 
WILED    BY    THE    IMPUDENT   GRACE    OF   YOUR   PLEA? 

THEN    YOUR    VIVACITY    AND    PERTINACITY 

CARRY   THE    DAY    WITH    THE    DIVIL'S    AUDACITY; 

NO    MERE    VERACITY    ROBS    YOUR    SAGACITY 

OF    PERSPICACITY,  BARNEY    MCGEE. 

WHEN   ALL    IS    NEW   TO    THEM, 
WHAT    WILL    YOU    DO   TO   THEM? 
WILL    YOU    BE   TRUE    TO    THEM? 

WHO    SHALL    DECREE? 

HERE'S   A    FAIR    STRIFE   TO    YOU! 

HEALTH    AND    LONG    LIFE    TO    YOU! 

AND    A    GREAT    WIFE    TO    YOU, 

BARNEY    MCGEE. 


BARNEY   McGEE 


BARNEY    MCGEE,  YOU'RE    THE    PICK    OF    GENTILITY; 
NOTHING    CAN    PHASE    YOU,  YOU'VE    SUCH    A    FACILITY; 

NOBODY    EVER    YET    FOUND    YOUR    UTILITY,— 

THAT    IS    THE    CHARM    OF    YOU,  BARNEY    MCGEE; 

UNDER    CONDITIONS    THAT    OTHERS    WOULD    STAMMER    IN, 

STILL    UNPERTURBED    AS    A    CAT    OR    A    CAMERON, 

POLISHED    AS    SOMEBODY    IN    THE    DECAMERON, 

PUTTING    THE    GLAMOUR    ON    PRINCE    OR    PAWNEE! 

IN    YOUR    MEANDERIN', 

LOVE,  AND    PHILANDERIN', 

CALM    AS    A    MANDARIN 

SIPPING    HIS    TEA  ! 

UNDER    THE    ART    OF   YOU, 

PARCEL    AND    PART    OF   YOU, 

HERE'S   TO    THE    HEART   OF   YOU, 

BARNEY    MCGEE! 


BARNEY   McGEE 


YOU    WHO    WERE    EVER    ALERT    TO    BEFRIEND    A    MAN, 
YOU    WHO    WERE    EVER    THE    FIRST    TO    DEFEND    A    MAN, 
YOU    WHO    HAD    ALWAYS    THE    MONEY    TO    LEND    A    MAN, 

DOWN    ON    HIS    LUCK    AND    HARD    UP    FOR    A    V! 

SURE,  YOU'LL    BE    PLAYING    A    HARP    IN    BEATITUDE 

(AND    A    QUARE    SIGHT    YOU    WILL    BE    IN    THAT    ATTITUDE)— 

SOME    DAY,  WHERE    GRATITUDE    SEEMS    BUT    A    PLATITUDE, 

YOU'LL    FIND    YOUR    L  ATITUD  E,  BARNEY    McGEE. 

THAT'S    NO    FLIM-FLAM    AT    ALL, 

FRIVOL    OR    SHAM    AT    ALL, 
JUST    THE    PLAIN  — DAMN    IT    ALL, 

HAVE    ONE    WITH    ME! 

HERE'S    LUCK    AND    MORE    TO    YOU! 

FRIENDS    BY    THE    SCORE    TO    YOU, 

TRUE    TO    THE    CORE    TO    YOU, 

BARNEY    MCGEE. 


14  DAY  USE 

RETUKN  TO  DESK  EROM  WHICH  BORROWED 

LOAN  DEPT. 


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